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The nation of Russia has designed and used various flags throughout history. Listed in this article are flags — federal, administrative, military, etc. — used between the time of the Tsardom of Russia (1547–1721), Russian Empire (1721–1917) and today's Russian Federation (1991–present day).
Tsar Alexander II's Flag of the Russian Empire (1858–1896) Russian flag during WWI on a postcard (1914–1917) [a] The Russian tricolour flag was adopted as a merchant flag at rivers in 1705. These colours of the flag of Russia would later inspire the choice of the " Pan-Slavic colours " by the Prague Slavic Congress, 1848 .
Black-yellow-white flag of the Russian Empire (1858-1896) White-blue-red flag of the Russian Empire (1896-1917) This page was last edited on 27 ...
On 17 June 2023 in the new St. Petersburg 300th Anniversary Park , the historical flags of the Russian Empire (black-yellow-white flag), the USSR and the current Russian flag were raised on the highest flagpoles in Europe (179.5 m). The ceremony was dedicated to the 330th anniversary of the white-blue-red flag of Peter I, the 165th anniversary ...
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Ukrainian investigators have noted multiple instances of sexual violence in the former Soviet state, including rape, at the hands of Russian soldiers ...
The Russian Federation has several official national symbols including a historical document, a flag, an emblem, a national anthem. The current design of the national flag is the same as the Russian Empire and was officially adopted again after the dissolution of the Soviet Union .
Post-mortem photography in the Nordic countries was most popular in the early 1900s, but later died out around 1940, transferring mainly to amateur photography for personal use. When examining Iceland 's culture surrounding death, it is concluded that the nation held death as an important and significant companion. [ 19 ]
Russian polar expedition of 1900–02; Trans-Siberian Railway Panorama; Russian Empire at the 1900 Summer Olympics; The premiere of the opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in Moscow; Amur anti-Chinese pogroms; The launching of the cruiser Aurora; The release of the first issue of the RSDLP newspaper Iskra